01 The Laughing Gnome 02 Everything Is You 03 Social Girl 04 Silver Treetop School for Boys 05 Little Toy Soldier 06 I'm Waiting for the Man 07 Did You Ever Have a Dream 08 C'est la Vie 09 Karma Man 10 Let Me Sleep Beside You 11 When I Live My Dream [Alternate Version] 12 Run Piper Run [Edit] . This set covers 1967. It's a very curious time in Bowie's career. He'd just moved away from his rock and R&B material, but he had yet to hit his stride with his unique Bowie sound, which he would start to do in 1969. During this time, he went through a sort of music hall phase that was drastically out of step of what was considered cool in those years.He was inspired from all sorts of sources, including the old-fashioned entertainer Anthony Newley, but also the songwriting of Ray Davies of the Kinks, as well as the music of the Velvet Underground. Furthermore, Bowie was a big science fiction fan, and that was starting to show up in his songs. The result was a truly unique mix.
